Drawer-pull.



Jfwfw No. 634,778. Patented out. 10, 1399;

v 0;. w. TOWER; DRAWER PULL. {Applie'atian and :my 12, 189s.) (NoModel.) Y 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

Paten'ted uct. lo, |899.

(Appuwion med m'y 12, 1899.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

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DANIEL w. TOWER', or GRAND RAPIDaaIICI-IIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of vLetters Patent No. 634,778, dated October10, 1899.

` Application and iuiyiz, 1899. seria No. 723,613. ou man.)

To all whom, it Indy concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. TOWER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and VState of Michigan,have invented new and useful Im provements in Drawer-Pulls, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and novel drawer-pull 5 and theinvention consists in the construction and combination of partshereinafter pointed out.

The objects of my invention are, irst,'to furnish a cheap, tasty,andconvenient drawerpull to be applied to drawers of chiffonniers,dressing-cases, and other similar articles of furniture, and, second,toform a drawerepullin which the joint attaching the pull to the front ofthe drawer is sunk in the drawer and does not project therefrom, butstill constructed in such a shape or form as to allowv the pull itselfto be raised and lowered in the ordinary Fig.' 4 shows a detail of thepull and the ballsecured thereto, forming, in connection with thesocket, the joint for the drawer-pull. Fig. 5 shows the front elevationof a drawer having a modified form of pull.- Fig. 6 shows across-section through the center of the socket when the socket andattachment are constructed in accordance with the modified form shown inFig. 5. Fig. 7 shows.a section of4 the modified form of socket, and Fig.8 shows a front view of this modified form of socket. Similar lettersrefer to similar parts throughout the several views'." Y 1 A representsthe ball, which in the form of my invention shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and4 is secured to the handle by means of a4 pivot, hereinafter described.

B shows the bail or handle.

` C shows the socket, theball A fitting into the socket, as shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 8.

D Ais a screw, sometimes provided with a' head or washer, which is usedfor attaching the ksocket to the drawer-front.

E shows a pin which passes through both the ball A and the socket C.This pin or pivot shows the hole for the reception of the end of Y thebail B. In this form of my invention the bailB passes through thishole'K and receives the pivot which fits into the taper opening'F, asabove described.

` In Fig. 6, B shows the position of the bail moved or lswung from ahorizontal to substantially a perpendicular position. This socket isprovided with a slotted cap G, the slot in the cap G being shown inFigs. 5, 6, '7, and 8 by H.

When the hinge is 'constructed as described in the modified form, theball A is slipped upon the end of the Abail and secured thereto in anysuitable manner.

While this construction is in a certain sensey a ball-and-socket joint,lyet the movement of the bail is limited by the slot, so that it alwaysswings in the same plane.

Having thus described myinvention, what I'claim to have invented,anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` l. In a hinge for adrawer-pull, the combi-v nation with a drawer-front of a socket sunktherein, a handle or pull provided with a ball fitting into said socket,the movement of the IOO socket being provided with a cap and a slot,said cap adapted to retain the ball in position, and the slot adapted toallow the pnllto be raised and lowered for use, substantially asdescribed.

8. The combination with a drawer-front of a socket sunk therein7 a ballprovided with a double tapering hole, as shown, a handle or pull securedto the ball, and a pivot passxo ing through the ball securing the samein po- Sillon with the socket, substantially as ded scribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubseribing'witnesses.

DANIEL XV. TOVER.

Vitnesses;

EDWARD TAGGART,

DORA B. PARKER.

